Practice problem
Nucleic Acids — Overview & Importance in Biology
By Jasper Brown
Image source: By Michał Sobkowski CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
DNA is held together by adenine-thymine pairs, and guanine-cytosine pairs through hydrogen bonding. Based on their hydrogen bonding capabilities, would a DNA strand composed solely of adenine-thymine pairs be stronger or weaker than a DNA strand composed solely of guanine cytosine pairs.